Dredd (2012)

R09/07/2012Action, Science Fiction1h 36m
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Judgement is coming.

Overview

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

Top Billed Cast

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    Karl Urban

    Judge Dredd

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    Olivia Thirlby

    Cassandra Anderson

  3. Cast 1

    Lena Headey

    Ma-Ma

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    Wood Harris

    Kay

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    Langley Kirkwood

    Judge Lex

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    Tamer Burjaq

    Ma-Ma Bodyguard

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    Joe Vaz

    Big Joe

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    Rakie Ayola

    Chief Judge

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    Junior Singo

    Amos

I used to read the comics when I was young, and they were simple, straightforward shoot 'em ups with "Dredd" the epitome of tough, no-nonsense law enforcement in a futuristic environment where crime, violence, poverty and unemployment were pretty normal for many people. This time, Karl Urban takes the title role as the policeman/judge/jury type, and he and his rookie "Anderson" (Olivia Thirlby) investigate a few dead bodies in the lobby of an hundred-odd storey building controlled by the drug dealing matriarch "Ma-Ma" (Lena Headey) and her menacing henchmen. To begin with, they must find the k...